The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-06


season to season. Then the shock came The
papers one morning published an account of
divorce between Fay and her husband, negro
minstrel; and next she eavorted off to London
with Howell Osborn. There she has raised
breeze by insisting on wearing such dresses that
her manager had to resort to the courts to break
| the contract The new me del of charming man
| ners behind our footghts 70 the Rose in Gilbert
| and Sullivans dreary new opera, "Ruddygore.
/ She is bewitchingly demure yet selfconfident
maiden, and. if the piece will last a month or
/ two, girls will take impress of droll art
lessness that will carry them through the spring
| and summer.
Amusements can be found even in Lent, if
forced. A swell young man went to charity
entertainment in the Metropolitan Opera house.
He found the affair decorously dull 1t was sad
and lonesome, and he yearned for entertain
ment He found it. In the lobby Of the bal
cony he discovered an ornamental window that
opened upon the refreshment-room. Sitting on
| the ledge of this window, he could look down
upon the multitude, ten to fifteen feet below.
| An idea struck him that made him nearly laugh
aloud. Strolling abonu the lobby he succeeded
/ in gathering double handful of champagne
/ corks, with which he returned to the window.
| linen ne amused himself by tossing the corks
/ upon the heads of the people in the wine-room.
| 1t was very funny to those that were hit
stare round in astonishment to see VINO did 1t,
and. having caught the eye Of friend, smile at
/ him with knowing look, as If to say, Aha!
| I've caught you'll" And then the friend would
| stare back in amazement, if to say,
What in thunder is the fool grin
ming atY But while the young man
| was thus enjoying himself, he did not know that
he hac been observed, and that somebody was
putting up job on him. He was suddenly
seized from behind and dragged forcibly from
| the window. Two or three men had hold him.
| and when he Indignantly and somewhat fear
fully demanded of them to stop, one flashed a
| silver badge, which he mistook for police
| badge. as 1t was intended it should. His guilty
heart led him to cover at once, and, to avoid a
| scene, he accompanied his captors quietly to the
cloak room, where he got his hat and coat and
departed. But, worse yet his custodians did
not leave him, and once outside the hall they
talked vaguely of lockups and police courts.
| There was no escape it, and he deftly offered
five dollar bill to settle this thing" Five dol
lars just paid the captors for a bottle of cham
| pagne, in which they drank to the health OF
their victim. when they returned to the hall,
and the young man went home tired from his
| amusement.
There is just chance that the community
may be affi cted with stained glass mania be
fore the next season. Art in stained glass is
ancient enough, and respectable enough. ant
greatly admired but the craze, if it comes, will
be directed to novelty nevertheless. Some
months ago lady who lives in of the big
houses on Fifth avenue took it into her head K
have her windows decorated with portraits
She chose the library as convenient room fol
experiment t, and summoned one of La Farges
most successful pupils TO execute her commits
sion She presented him to her children anG
| ordered that their portraits be placed in the
indows. Three windows, three children, three
pctures-the idea was lovely, and it only re
manned to see how well art would utilize it.
Alas! in spite of the fact that the artist was
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with the young subjects; that the glass work
when complete was essentially beautiful
, the pictures were more portraits thar
poems. The mother and father looked long anG
anxiously at the brilliant windows. and had tt
turn away admitting that had they - known
it was their children who<were there rsprssent
ed. they would not have been able to recognize
the faces. Still they cherished the b ,pe tina
other people might have better fortuna. Alas
again. Not one of their guests failed TO say
9 pleasant things about the excellent quality o
! the work, its soothing influence and the like
, and not one failed to admit cautiously that h,
or she could not precisely remember what classi
, or NEUROLOGICAL scene was depicted in the win
r dow painting. Not limited that the thre,
, cherubs might be the children playing abou
them. It is now a question how long the fathe
and mother will keep the windows in place, ant
if the innocent queries of friends relative to th
| antiquity of the subject continue, it is to b.
feared that the library will be lighted through
plain glass once more before summer. Bu
there is just the chance that patience may las
4 until winter, and in that case new experiment
, may be maGe, and craze put fairly on its way
/ was in a Seventeenth street picture stor
yesterday, looking over some of the latest thing
a in etchines. when the dealer was called away
moment by the entrance of an artist with
:. picture to sell. The dealer made an excuse t
show me the work. 1t was a chld's head, tn
d expression mischievous and rollickng, and il
l. the child had thrust into his hair The coppe
n plate from which the single proof had bee
= printed looked almost bare, SO faint is the i'm
, preston made by the etcher's lines. though
the idea good one, but asked the dealer inno
Y Gently enough. if artists were in the habit o
4 bringing proofs of their work before the plat
, was finished as if to save themselves the eS
pense of finishing work that would not find
y purchaser. He smiled wearily.
j. Yes he answered. ''but not in order to say
:, themselves any work. The artist in this cas-
= thought his work was done.n
!; AS a matter of fact, it seemed impossible tina
y anyone. however ignorant, should have mad
such a mistake, least of all the artist himself
= The head and faee so dim in the proof tina
l the lines were invisible at short distance, an
l. across the room one could not have told thu
there was picture there at all. Yes. one coui
have the feather; that was done and
10 stood out with odd distinctness in the proc
When the artist had gone the dealer said:
1T Is an astounding fact that very few artis
a. know when their work is done. That pictur
would have been absolutely unstable in I'll
form in which it offered to me, and befol
- he left the artist seemed to realize it. 1t is b
ie no means an exceptional case. Day after day
in have to tell artists to take their work home an
"A finish it. very rarely accept an etching on i
- first presentation. and solely by reason of II
81 need of more work on it in some respect
e. other"
n ~
The public often marvels at the prices paid
- rich persons for art objects. Greater s,lrpri
!, might be caused by the sums given to phys
~ clans for the preservation of health. It b